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Maintenance & Repair Electronic Gremlins: Electrical Problems That Are Driving You Crazy
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Replying to: bolivar (Oct 14, 2006 10:50 pm) |
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1. 1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM 2. Engine size 2.4 L4 3. Transmission AUTOMATIC 4. Mileage 160000 5. Fuel Injection 6. ABS brakes 7. Cruise control CRUISE CONTROL, A/C, POWER STEERING My 1999 Pontiac Grand Am SE 2dr 4cyl automatic transmission is messing up. When I open a door, bump in to it, turn it on or do anything that involves electricity the car lights start flashing and clicking and if I hadn't turned of my alarm horn it would beep sometimes. It will even start flashing when I come to a stop light, and the engine is still running. It does this every time! My pass lock light on the dash is constantly FLASHING. This all started happening a few months ago when I let my friend drive the car and the battery just died, I replaced the battery Did I completely mess it up and is there anyway to stop the flashing and clicking? It is driving me crazy. I have to turn my headlights on during the day so people will not think I stole the car. Is this my passlock? I can start my car every time and the passlock light is FLASHING not staying on constantly. Can I expect my car to stop starting any day? We tried to cut the yellow wire attached to the ignition but it didn’t do any thing because I can start it every time so I doubt it is my ignition/ignition sensor. Please help I don’t have the money or want to spend it on a dealer fixing it. I keep reading about installing a remote start to bypass the passlock but my car STARTS. What do I do?
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Replying to: flashygrandam (Jan 12, 2007 5:28 am) |
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My high mileage Camry loses electrical power on occasion when attempting to start. I usually notice the problem when starting with the headlights turned on. Occasionally the electrical system will completely fail right after I start the car and switch the headlights on. On one occasion while driving, I turned the headlights off/on and the electrical system failed (while driving). All pos and neg leads from battery have been cleaned, cables and alternator replaced. Battery is 4 yrs old, yet tests good when analyzed. Usually after system fails, I disconnect neg and pos. cable from battery, wait a few minutes, reconnect and the car will start. Any ideas how to determine what the problem is?
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Replying to: toycam2 (Jan 15, 2007 5:05 pm) |
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I have a 1971 Ford LTD. The radio works fine, but when I step on the brake, the volume goes lower. When I turn the blower up to high, the volume goes lower. I am thinking it is a grounding issue, but am not sure. Any suggestions to solve this problem?
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Replying to: luckytop (Jan 16, 2007 11:49 am) |
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| when i turn the key on somtimes the radio,wipers and the power windows do not work, it seams like the secuity is locking them out it doesnt happen all of the time but it is getting worse, is there a relay the controls these items at the same time? the security light only comes on right before you start the vehicle and then goes out. if it does work after you start it then when you try to roll down the windows or turn on the wipers on, then it turns everything back off. | |
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Replying to: monteroq (May 14, 2006 2:09 pm) |
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About 30 days ago I leased an 07 Dodge Caliber SXT Sport factory equipped with the MusicGate Power 458 watt Boston Acoustics sound system. A few days after getting the car I noticed static would drown out the right channel only (Assuming the passenger side speakers are the right channel, that is.) of the sound system for 5 to 10 minutes after the car had been operational for about 20-30 minutes. The problem occurs intermittently no matter whether the tuner or CD player is in use and eventually I found that shutting the engine off while the sound system is on and then restarting the car solves the problem. (Versus shutting the sound system off first and then starting the engine up again which does nothing.) The car is at the dealership now and they of course can't duplicate the problem. An electrical diagnostic test checked out okay and the only possibility they can come up with is that the interference is caused by my cell phone. Why then doesn't it happen every time I use the car? My thought is it could be moisture related and it's been getting progressively colder and drier here in Chicago over the past 9 days so I have not had the static since Saturday Jan. 20th. I will have to wait and see if this occurs again but wondered in the interim: Has anyone else experienced this kind of problem? Heard of it? Could it really be cell phone related?? Any ideas would be most appreciated. Caerann |
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